A Royal Navy warship has given shelter to two stowaway pigeons that became exhausted off the UK coast. Sailors aboard HMS Diamond helped create a perch and bedding box and provided food for the two racing pigeons which came on board off the coast of Plymouth, Devon. Leading Seaman Leigh Branson, a racing pigeon enthusiast, helped create the home for the pigeons, which they nicknamed Gregory Peck and Sir Henry Cecil. The temporary nest was placed on the quarterdeck as it was covered by CCTV, enabling the crew to watch over the pigeons with their own Springwatch-style birdcam. Once the Type 45 destroyer returned to its home base of Portsmouth, Hampshire, the birds were fitted with their own...
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